Report by Dina Tarini devi dasi...

Guru Maharaj arrived from Delhi 3 or 4 days later of scheduled date. The
flight was canceled because of the strong fog. There are many devotees who
met Him at the airport. He came to the apartment, took some rest and hold
puja, went for a walk. He said that He didin't want to hold initiation. He
wants to come to Central Asia two times a year instead of once a year. But
later on the darshan it is appeared that many devotees came from other
cities  and there were about 12 candidates for the initiation. Guru Maharaj
said: "Ok, I will hold the initation". But then He got to know that only
Almaty devotees have GBC approval and the others not. Sri Balaram had to
hang on the phone for more than 6 hours to get B.B. Govinda Swami, our GBC.
At last he reached Him and Guru Maharaj was able to talk about the
candidates. After the talk was finished Guru Maharaj said that initiaton
would be on the next day. 

He was holding evening program in the hall. After the program he hold the 

meeting with the candidates and told them He was not sure that devotees 

in the farm could prepare everything in time for a such
short period and it would be better to hold initiation in summer.  I told
Him that everything was ready in the farm. Then He said that if everything
was ready then he would hold initiation. He hold the initiation ceremony.
I've got second initiation. We had three programs at hall. I asked Guru
Maharaj to bring His Gaur Nitai to the hall. And I hold Gaura arati for His
deities. When I served to Guru Maharaj deites I had special sense of
happiness. It was so ecstatic! 

Guru Maharaj tried to hold as many darshans
as possible. He was trying to bestow His mercy upon everyone. There were a lot
people from congregation and guests in the public hall. And Guru Maharaj
tried to talk with every person.  He refused to take Guru dakshina from the
disciples. He told them to give all this money for the deities and for the
new temple construction. Guru Maharaj also  visited two other Central Asian
cities: Tashkent and Bishkek. The he returned to Almaty to take flight to
Delhi. He said that he was going to visit Bombay. There was a festival there
and He had to present there and organize everything.

The car brought Guru Maharaj to the airport, VIP entrance. He gave to the
devotees some instructions and then told then goodbye. But in some time he
came back without car to tell again goodbye and to talk with devotees. Then
He left walking with the umbrella.  Guru Maharaj is amazing.!